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June 11th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Part of the rococo monument was fenced off on Monday, as workers in hard hats
used a mobile crane to assess the extent of the damage.
Other fragments of cornice were removed because they looked as they might be
about to collapse, posing a danger to the tens of thousands of tourists who
visit the monument each day.
Commissioned by Pope Clement XII in 1732, the centrepiece of the huge work is
a figure of Neptune on a chariot being pulled by two rearing horses.
It ranks with the Colosseum as being one of the most celebrated tourist
attractions in the capital.
According to tradition, tossing a coin into the fountain ensures that a
visitor will return to Rome.
“We intervened on Saturday evening, as soon as we knew about the damage,”
said Rome’s superintendent of heritage, Umberto Broccoli.
“It was not an alarming situation but we made the area secure
straightaway.
We’ve had a very rainy period recently and the snowfall this winter didn’t
help either.” The last comprehensive restoration of the monument was
carried out in 1990, he said.
“The Trevi Fountain is one of Rome’s most recognised monuments and what
has happened is extremely serious,” said Angelo Bonelli, the president
of the Italian Greens party, which said it was launching a campaign called “SOS
Rome’s Monuments” to highlight the neglect of the city’s architectural
treasures.
“What more needs to happen to underline the need to invest in the
maintenance and restoration of a historic and cultural heritage that is
unique in the world?”
The Trevi Fountain is the latest in a long list of historic monuments to have
suffered damage in recent months.
Pieces of plaster and stone have fallen from the Colosseum, the amphitheatre
where gladiators armed with tridents and swords once did battle.
A £21 million restoration, paid for by the millionaire owner of the Italian
shoemakers, Tod’s, is due to start in the next few weeks.
At Pompeii, the Roman city that was buried by ash and lava by the eruption of
Mt Vesuvius in 79AD, the collapse of the House of the Gladiators and several
sections of ancient wall prompted impassioned debate over the crumbling
state of Italy’s heritage.
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